Oct 9, 2017
First of all, I don't really know what to say. So I'm just gonna say that.
It's been a fun ride in the Eastmont Ward. I had no idea I would feel such a love for these people after only 6 weeks! They have become some of my best friends, and I can't even begin to describe what they have taught me.
My mission has meant the world to me. When I look back at the beginning of my mission in the desolate little town of Coulee Dam Washington, I was convinced that the time was going to crawl. I was positive a mission would take forever. I also had a few of my own doubts about the gospel and about myself, as most do. Now, I can look someone that I just met straight in the eyes and tell them that there is more to life than what we see. I know from my own experience that God loves us. I know because of its fruits that the gospel really does strengthen the family beyond anything that we could even imagine. Though I have never seen Him, I have felt the savior's hand in my life in the times that I have needed Him the most. Whether It was sleeping in our car overnight in 9 degrees after getting stuck in the middle of nowhere, or getting awkwardly cornered into a person's doorway by a pitbull, or teaching the restored gospel to a family that needed it -- I know that God has a way of helping us not just do what we need to do, but become what he knows we can become. I really don't know what else to say. As an elder once said during my first transfer, "It's hard to describe a Celestial experience in Telestial words."
Tomorrow, I will see my family in person for the first time in two years. Maybe it's taken that long for me to truly understand how important they are to me. I am so excited to see you all!
Love you all, and I'll see you tomorrow!
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